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Game 1 of this year’s WNBA Finals, which featured WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces defeating the Phoenix Mercury 89-86 last Friday, was the most-watched Game 1 of the league’s championship round since 1997. The 1997 season was the league’s inaugural campaign. That marked the only season that the WNBA Finals was just one game. The Houston …

LAS VEGAS — By now, there’s virtually no mystery to the Aces. Their best players now were their best players three years ago. They weaponize continuity, familiarity. If you believed in this team heading into the WNBA Finals against a shiny new Phoenix Mercury team, it was at least partially because they’ve been here before.  What really makes them special, …

Jackie Young and A’ja Wilson proved to be too much to handle for the Phoenix Mercury as the duo led the Las Vegas Aces to a 91-78 victory in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals. Two days ago, Game 1 was a thrilling back-and-forth affair, but Sunday at the Michelob ULTRA Arena in Paradise, Nevada, was a much different game …

LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas Aces guard Dana Evans could barely speak on the eve of the 2025 WNBA Finals. She isn’t sure exactly how she lost it, but her was voice was beyond scratchy. The 5-foot-6 guard was barely audible. A day later — after trying everything to help it heal — she let her play do the talking. …

LAS VEGAS — A’ja Wilson and Dana Evans each scored 21 points, and the Las Vegas Aces beat the Phoenix Mercury 89-86 in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals on Friday night. Wilson scored 12 of her points over the final 14 minutes, and Phoenix’s Satou Sabally missed a long 3-pointer with 2 seconds left that would have tied it. …

While speaking about recent criticism of the WNBA’s leadership ahead of the Las Vegas Aces’ 89-86 win over the Phoenix Mercury in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals, league commissioner Cathy Engelbert addressed the controversy head-on and outlined some planned changes to acknowledge the concerns voiced in recent days. She also took the opportunity to dispute some inflammatory quotes that …

The 2025 WNBA Finals have arrived. It’s Game 1 between the Las Vegas Aces and Phoenix Mercury on Friday night in what is, for the first time in league history, a best-of-seven series. The Aces, led by league MVP A’ja Wilson, are looking for their third title in four years. The Mercury, meanwhile, are trying to lift the trophy for …

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Hours after Napheesa Collier made a thorough, spectacular argument in favor of the idea that women should be paid to play basketball, the Las Vegas Aces and Indiana Fever supported their colleague’s assertions by contesting one of the best and gnarliest games of the WNBA playoffs. The Aces won the Game 5 thriller in overtime, 107-98, against an increasingly depleted …

The Las Vegas Aces survived a thriller Tuesday night to advance to the WNBA Finals for the fourth time in six years after a dramatic 107-98 overtime win against the Indiana Fever. Behind the immense offensive contribution of veteran guard Chelsea Gray in overtime, the Aces clinched a Finals berth against Phoenix after the Mercury toppled the Minnesota Lynx on …